Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
34 So he said, “I am (A)Abraham’s servant. 35 The Lord has greatly (B)blessed my master, so that he has become [a]rich; and He has given him (C)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys. 36 Now (D)my master’s wife Sarah bore a son to my master [b]in her old age, and (E)he has given him all that he has. 37 (F)My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; 38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
42 “So (A)I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I have been going (B)successful; 43 behold, (C)I am standing by the [a]spring, and may it be that the [b]young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, “(D)Please let me drink a little water from your jar”; 44 and she says to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
45 “Before I had finished (E)speaking in my heart, behold, (F)Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew water, and (G)I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46 She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘(H)Drink, and I will water your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. 47 (I)Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the (J)ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her [c]wrists. 48 And I (K)bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, (L)who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son. 49 So now if you are going to [d](M)deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me now, so that I may turn to the right or the left.”
58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” 59 So they sent away their sister Rebekah and (A)her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
“May you, our sister,
(B)Become thousands of ten thousands,
And may (C)your [a]descendants possess
The gate of those who hate them.”
61 Then Rebekah got up with her female attendants, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
Isaac Marries Rebekah
62 Now Isaac had come back from [b]a journey to (D)Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in (E)the [c]Negev. 63 Isaac went out (F)to [d]meditate in the field toward evening; and (G)he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. 64 Rebekah raised her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her [e]veil and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and (H)he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and (I)he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after (J)his mother’s death.
10 Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
(A)Forget your people and your father’s house;
11 Then the King will crave your beauty.
Because He is your (B)Lord, (C)bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of (D)Tyre will come with a gift;
The (E)wealthy among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is (F)interwoven with gold.
14 She will be (G)brought to the King (H)in colorful garments;
The (I)virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15 They will be brought with joy and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.
The Bride
8 “Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Leaping (A)on the mountains,
Jumping on the hills!
9 My beloved is like a (B)gazelle or a (C)young [a]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering (D)through the lattice.
10 “My beloved responded and said to me,
‘(E)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11 For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 The blossoms have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for [b]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the (F)turtledove has been heard in our land.
13 The (G)fig tree has ripened its fruit,
And the (H)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”
15 For (A)I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing (B)what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with (C)the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, (D)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my (E)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For (F)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, (G)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then (H)the [a]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God [b]in (I)the inner person, 23 but I see (J)a different law in [c]the parts of my body waging war against the (K)law of my mind, and making me a prisoner [d]of (L)the law of sin, the law which is in [e]my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from [f](M)the body of this (N)death? 25 (O)Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh (P)the law of sin.
16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children, 17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not [a]mourn.’ 18 For John came neither (A)eating nor (B)drinking, and they say, ‘(C)He has a demon!’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a [b]heavy drinker, (D)a friend of tax collectors and [c]sinners!’ And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
Come to Me
25 [a](A)At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, (B)Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to infants. 26 Yes, (D)Father, for this way was well pleasing in Your sight. 27 (E)All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father (F)except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.
28 “(G)Come to Me, all [b]who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and (H)learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and (I)you will find [c]rest for your souls. 30 For (J)My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”
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